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     The rhododendron, considered a great beauty of the flower kingdom, will be featured as the theme flower of the Online Hong Kong Flower Show 2021 (Online Flower Show).
 
     In view of the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s flower show will be presented virtually on the Show’s dedicated website (www.hkflowershow.hk) from March 19 to April 19, with the theme “City of Flowers, City of Love”. Members of the public can enjoy a new experience from the Online Flower Show comfortably at home, as exquisite garden plots across 18 districts, along with a Theme Flower Display and a Tulip Display, are being set up by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department at its designated parks.
 
     Rhododendrons are members under the Rhododendron genus. As the largest genus under the Ericaceae family, there are approximately 1 000 rhododendrons around the world, predominantly distributed in East and South Asia, with some in North America, Europe and Australia.
 
     Generally, most rhododendrons are shrubs, rarely trees. Apart from having simple entire leaves arranged alternately, rhododendrons commonly display their corollas in the shape of a bell, a funnel, a hollow cylinder, or a salver with a slender tube.
 
     Rhododendrons come in a variety of colours such as white, red, pink, peach and purple. The flowering period mainly falls in spring, usually in March and April, and the soil in Hong Kong is favourable to its growth.
 
     For the latest information about the Online Flower Show, please visit the above-mentioned dedicated website. For enquiries, please call 2601 8260.

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     Police today (March 13) appealed to the public for information on a man who went missing in Ta Kwu Ling.      To Kong-tai, aged 62, went missing after he left his residence at Chow Tin Tsuen, Ta… read more

     More than 110 000 users have registered for the one-stop personalised digital services platform "iAM Smart" since its launch in late December last year. To promote the wider use of its services, the Office o… read more

The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:      During the winter surge, the Hospital Authority is closely monitoring the service demand of Accident and Emergency Departments and the occupancy rates in publ… read more

     Three charities have been issued Public Subscription Permits to hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and in the New Territories separately from 7am to 12.30pm today (March 13). The Social Welfare Department (SWD) has been informed by two of the charities that the regional flag-selling activities scheduled to be held by them today have been cancelled, a spokesman for the SWD said.

     Information on the regional flag-selling activity today is as follows:
 

Region	Name of organisation and contact information	Colour of collection bag	Colour of flag
Hong Kong Island	The Hong Kong Island Social Services Charitable Foundation Limited Contact Person: Miss Wong Contact Number: 5303 6686	White	Green

 
     The contact information for the organisations that have cancelled their regional flag-selling activities today is as follows:
 

Region	Name of organisation	Contact person	Contact number
Kowloon	The Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers	Miss Yip	2527 7726
New Territories	Hong Kong Eating Disorders Association Limited	Miss Wu	2144 5757

 
     Details of the charitable fund-raising activities, including any updated information, covered by the issued Public Subscription Permits have been published on the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/en/theme/fundraising/search). Permits for flag days containing information on contact methods of the flag-selling organisations and the approved flag-selling activities have also been uploaded to the SWD’s website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_flagdays) for reference. For enquiries, please call the SWD’s hotline at 2343 2255, or the designated hotline of the 1823 Call Centre at 3142 2678.
    
     In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the Police, the spokesman added. read more